Some days the truck will run great and I've got plenty of power and everything seems well in tune and then some days it seems like it has a bad morning or something and runs fine....but slightly off. Time for more investigation.
I cleaned and re-oiled my K&N filter. There was a lot of talk about this previously on most of the other forums about FIPK tripping a CEL code. I have never had this although I am planning to take apart the intake manifold and throttle body for cleaning. I decided to give the Amsoil dry fillter a shot since I now live in such a dusty climate. I also have a FIPK intake that I bought when I was quite young and ill informed. This is a slightly more complex problem as I do not have the stock airbox otherwise I would just simply swap back to that and get the drop in with the deckplate. This is what I have come up with as a custom intake airbox (it's gonna be redneck as hell but whatever)
First some pictures of what it looks like now:
As everyone else has said the only thing that the FIPK does is take the baffling out of the intake. It's not protected from the hot engine air nor does it do much except make more noise....and take in a little more air. So here is what I am proposing besides the Amsoil to re-attain my stock box.
Amsoil Filter size:
Amsoil Number EaAU3050
K&N Number RU-3570
Product Style Round Tapered
Base OD 6"
Flange ID 3"
Flange Length 1.75"
Flange Type Center
Media Height 5"
Top OD 5"
Thankfully I found the thread where someone mentioned the adapter to go from the 3" intake on the FIPK to the 5" filter base. Amsoil never made a 5" base but they did make several 3" bases. I verified this fact and then began to look for a waterproof box that didn't cost 200 bucks (fleabay stock box price)
Here's what I found in the most unlikely section of Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...pf_rd_i=507846
Dimensions are as follows:
Inside: 7"(Diameter) x 12.4"(H)
Outside: 10"(Diameter) x 13.5"(H)
It's an MTM Survivor Ammo can. I measured it out and it should just barely fit into the space under the hood. So now I need a place to put a pre-filter and rather than destroy the whole can I figure something like this would do the trick while allowing me to run a flex line to the stock inlet on the fender. I found a variety of silicone connector hoses here at www.sfxperformance.com. Just not sure how I'm going to do a firm connection from the stock hole to the mtm ammo can. Any ideas would be helpful. I could always just cut a slightly smaller hole and jam the hose in there with silicone but if there's an idea that allows for disassembly in a more civilized fashion I am all ears.
Found some more slight issues thankfully before something more serious happened but my vacuum lines are starting to crack. I pulled one off and it hardly had any resistance at all. Did a little research and I wasn't the only one. Picked up some new vacuum lines for $34 with shipping from www.siliconeintakes.com. For the 3.4L everyone was suggesting the shop pack but that there was almost enough for two engines so I went with the engine dress up kit since the 2.7L has fewer vacuum lines. I will install and review this when it arrives.
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